Striped Awnings

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a house with my neighborhood with striped awnings that I've admired for awhile.  I'm thinking we may need to do something like this on the back of our house.  The Suze loves awnings too as you will remember <a href="http://belclairehouse.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Suzeday%20Files">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhojuNRTft5KTQ3_fRi9k9k7yVr1zjY4_bUy5eIk3bQzap0LMOvHHNkr_rBq6OVlyh0-hWwpTiwPi3KaqsjDobcyZvccyi-oQNnCu18ZM00hB9RpngnphKgZvGr38T5wnVrjc8yQA2k3G/s1600/IMG_0690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhojuNRTft5KTQ3_fRi9k9k7yVr1zjY4_bUy5eIk3bQzap0LMOvHHNkr_rBq6OVlyh0-hWwpTiwPi3KaqsjDobcyZvccyi-oQNnCu18ZM00hB9RpngnphKgZvGr38T5wnVrjc8yQA2k3G/s640/IMG_0690.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8M8yKHuz5C6AAv0Mriz4rLTOvuoLsputoMeFjzmoWE_gqzGDI0geRkKjOte8yYif_FyNvEjuuW2YuJW_usj-BmEWP3JPqnwcz6TjV1XIW7meAKCRM_rP_tBkcsIgMsu0zX44oIvJX71_/s1600/IMG_0677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8M8yKHuz5C6AAv0Mriz4rLTOvuoLsputoMeFjzmoWE_gqzGDI0geRkKjOte8yYif_FyNvEjuuW2YuJW_usj-BmEWP3JPqnwcz6TjV1XIW7meAKCRM_rP_tBkcsIgMsu0zX44oIvJX71_/s640/IMG_0677.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />It was 75 degrees today and I literally walked around the neighborhood for over an hour.  My hooves are tired, but it felt so good just to be outside.  I wanted to take a bunch of pictures of houses and such in my neighborhood, but on a day like today <i>errbody </i>is outside and I didn't want to be too much of a creep.  Luckily, I had my child and my dog with me to act as pretend subjects in the event that I got busted.<br /><br />I generally organize my walks so I can walk past houses that please me.  My neighborhood is very 1970s in architecture, which is not so much my style but I've found a few gems I like.  This one in particular.  Hopefully, I can bring you more pictures on the one day it is nice again in March.

Striped Awnings

This is a house with my neighborhood with striped awnings that I've admired for awhile.  I'm thinking we may need to do something li...

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Pretty Painted Drawers

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyBuYeCrEeN0dtrQYVTl9LrAkkILiBkjLsPQz818Uq3swytVygi2a2mlq0jV9bTcercVu-VMB2ADxz77JBl0G_kfg8_S5_3jyfSblCL9dIoQlTeyQCnDoupl_1bZpdbAaXnc8uASIS2tt/s1600/Unknown+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyBuYeCrEeN0dtrQYVTl9LrAkkILiBkjLsPQz818Uq3swytVygi2a2mlq0jV9bTcercVu-VMB2ADxz77JBl0G_kfg8_S5_3jyfSblCL9dIoQlTeyQCnDoupl_1bZpdbAaXnc8uASIS2tt/s1600/Unknown+3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via <a href="http://brabournefarm.blogspot.com/">Brabourne Farm </a></td></tr></tbody></table>If I ever get the urge to paint a chest of drawers (you'd be surprised how often that actually happens to me), I'd like to do something like this.

Pretty Painted Drawers

via  Brabourne Farm  If I ever get the urge to paint a chest of drawers (you'd be surprised how often that actually happens to me), I...

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Vanity

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiihHEO45fV9Iob0gs6Vsu1Zs2F69D6Lm2GUvi0XesbwAsyyQG3812U3DVghacaP3ruIn1VHSs6qY7KS0o8UWEisBmBJ2glUyUXYt7sCg7uGhC3CJR3qSfTCu_Uux9P8QCwxhBBnr9djO-/s1600/vanity+via+matters+of+style+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiihHEO45fV9Iob0gs6Vsu1Zs2F69D6Lm2GUvi0XesbwAsyyQG3812U3DVghacaP3ruIn1VHSs6qY7KS0o8UWEisBmBJ2glUyUXYt7sCg7uGhC3CJR3qSfTCu_Uux9P8QCwxhBBnr9djO-/s1600/vanity+via+matters+of+style+.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I absolutely love this vanity I found on <a href="http://www.mattersofstyleblog.com/2011/02/skirting-issue-namely-my-bathroom-sink.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MattersOfStyle+%28Matters+of+Style%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Matters of Style</a>. I love the skirt, the framing on the drawers  and the pretty silver picture frames.  This is for sure going in my <a href="http://belclairehouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Dream%20House">Dream Home</a> file.  I've always wanted a vanity, a place to sit and do my make-up in peace while pretending I'm a rich movie star.  I love doing my make-up*.  I find process of transformation very relaxing so having a lovely little place devoted to my beauty rituals would be <a href="http://belclairehouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Mudrooms">another ultimate luxury</a> for me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*When I was little, my mom did my make-up for the first time. When she turned me around to look in the mirror, I started crying because I couldn't believe how beautiful I looked.  Seriously. What a piece of work right? The Suze often played to my vanity as a child by telling me that eating my vegetables would give me shiny hair or eating the crust would make my cheeks rosy.  It worked too! I was actually pretty vain as a little girl until I went careening into the awkward stage, thus forcing me to develop my stellar personality.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For a great DIY tutorial on how to create a sink skirt for your bathroom, visit <a href="http://www.mattersofstyleblog.com/2011/02/skirting-issue-namely-my-bathroom-sink.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MattersOfStyle+%28Matters+of+Style%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">here</a>.  </div>

Vanity

I absolutely love this vanity I found on Matters of Style . I love the skirt, the framing on the drawers  and the pretty silver picture fram...

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